Beach dressing tent



s. E. SIDELMANN 2,376,284 BEACH DREsSING TENT May 15, 1945;

Filed Sept. 16, 1944 Patented May 15, 1945 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE BEACH DRESSING TENT Sybil E. Sidelmann, Hollywood, Fla.

Application September 16, 1944, Serial No. 554,462

.(Cl. 2-89) r p I that when the tent is not in use it may be re- 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a dressing tent such as maybe used by persons at a beach or other public place where it is desired to change to or from bathing or other sports clothes.

Many water resorts and other public places do not have adequate facilities for bathers and others to change from street apparel to bathing or other sports clothes. Bathers attending such resorts either have to change their clothes in automobiles, which is prohibited in most instances, or wear their bathing suits under their street clothes until they reach the resort. In such cases after'the person has finishedbathing it is necessary to sit around on the beach in the wet bathing suit until it dries before the street clothes again may be donned. The sitting around in a damp or wet bathing suit is both unhygienic and injurious to ones health. At other water resorts.

where adequate facilities for bathers are provided the charge for a bath house where one may change clothes is so great as to be burdensome on the less aflluent, particularly to those who attend such places more or less frequently.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a tent-like garment which may be donned by a person over his other clothes and which provides sufficient space within to enable the wearer to change clothes beneath it. Thus it provides a healthier and more hygienic enjoyment of the pleasures of bathing.

More specifically, my invention relates to abeach dressing tent which may be,,placed over the shoulders of a person desiring to change his clothes and which extends down around the person to near the ground. The bottom of the tent is open so that it does not interfere with the person moving about while within the tent. In order to enable the dressing tent to be readily placed an opening or vent extending from a neck opening at the top which forms a continuation of a vent in the lower or skirt portion of the dressing tent. The vent may be closed by tie strings or a slide fastener to give the de L ed degree of 1 at about shoulder level. The hoop preferably is of the open-ended resilienttypeand removable so moved and the tent rolled or folded so that they Fig. 1 is a view of a dressing tent embodying the present invention shown about a person, with the access vent open,

' about the person the upper portion thereof has Fig. 2 .is a view similar to Fig. L shoWing the access-vent closed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of line 3-4 of Fig. 1,

through the upper portion of the dressing tent,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a hoop which may be used and Fig. 5 is a view of a beach bag containing the tentand hoop.

Referring now to the drawing, the dressing tent comprises an upper or top portion land a'lower or skirt portion 2. The lower or skirt portion is of such length to extend from shoulder level substantially to the ground. It hangs freely in dresslike fashion and is open at the bottomso that one wearing the dressing tent may move about freely. k

The upper or top portion extends inwardly from its juncture with the skirt portion to a central casing 3 which forms a neck opening. A drawstring 4' extends through the casing I so that the neck opening can be closed with the desired degree of tightnessabout the neck of any person.

The top portion has an access vent 5 extending from the neck opening to the juncture of the.

top and skirt portions, and the skirt portion has an access vent 8 which is a continuation of the vent 5 and extends downward about three-fourths of the length of the skirt portion, thus making a continuous access vent of sufficient size to enable the dressing tent readily to be donned. Pairs of tapes I are secured to opposite sides oi' the opening at spaced intervals so that after a person has gotten inside of the tent the tapes may be tied on the inside to close the access vent and give the desired privacy. In place of the tapes 1 buttons and button holes, or a slide fastener may I be providedtoclose the vent.

1 A casing 8 is formed at the juncture of the skirt andtop portions, between the edges of the vent, for reception of an open-ended resilient hoop 8 which is stressed to maintain. it normally The hoop may be of any suitable resilient material, such as wood, plastic, or steel. If made of steel it may be lacquered or otherwise coateclto prevent rusting or it may be made of stainless steel.

The hoop is received loosely in the casing 8 so that it may be removed readily to permit the tent to be folded or rolled in order to pack it in V a beach bag for transportation as shown in Fig. 5. After the hoop has been removed from the casing it maybe rolled into relatively small size or bent around the folded or rolled tent and put in the carrying bag along with the tent.

The dressing tent may be made of any suitable material. For esthetic purposes it preferably will be suitably ornamented; and the beach bag in' which it is carried preferably is made of material to match.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a beach dressing tent which readily may be donned by a person and which will enable the wearer readily to change to or from bathing or other sports clothes with the desired privacy. Thus it no longer will be necessary for bathers to sit around on a beach in a wet or damp bathing suit ,because of the lack of suitable facilities for changing to other clothes.

What I claim is:

1. A-dressing tent for beach and like wear comprising a top portion adapted to rest upon and be supported by the shoulders, said top portion having a neck opening through which the, head of thewearer may extend, a loosely hanging skirt portion connected to the top portion and extending downwardly therefrom, the lower end of said skirt portion being open and hanging freely in dress-like fashion, to enable the wearer 1 readily to walk about, and means carried by the dressing tent adjacent the upper part of the skirt portion for causing the skirt portion to be supported away from the wearer to provide space within which the wearer may change clothes.

- 2. A dressing tent for beach and like wear com- I the skirt portion to be suspended away from the wearer to provide space within which the wearer may change clothes.

3. -A dressing tent for beach and like wear comprising top portion adapted to rest upon and be supported by theshoulders, said top portion having a neck opening through which the head of the wearermay extend, a loosely hanging skirt portion connected to the top portion and extending downwardly therefrom, the lower end of said skirt portion being open and hanging freely in dress-like fashion, to enable the wearer readily to walk about, a, casing formed adjacent the juncture of the skirt and top portions, and an open-ended resilient loop removably secured in said casing for causing the skirt portion to be suspended away from the wearer to provide space within which the wearer may change clothes.

4. A dressing tent for beach and like wear comprising top portion adapted to rest upon and be supported by the shoulders, said top portion having a neck opening through which the head of the wearer may extend, a loosely hanging skirt portion connected to the top portion and extending downwardly therefrom, the lower end of said skirt portion being open and hanging freely in dress-like fashion, to enable the wearer readily to walk about, the top portion having anopening extending from the. neck opening to the juncture of the top and skirt portions,.the skirt portion having an opening extending downwardly from said opening in the top portion to form, with said opening in the top portion, a continuous vent to'perrnit placing the tent about a person, means for securing the sides of said continuous vent together, a casing formed adjacent the juncture of the skirt and top portions, and a hoop in said casing for causing the skirt portion to be suspended away from the wearer to provide space within which the wearer may change clothes.

SYBIL E. SIDELMAN Nn 

